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* ToServeMan: The [[https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2000/02/16 Puma]] encountered is shown to have eaten multiple human tourists in her life, which she gleefully regales RJ and Verne about.
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* SwallowedWhole: A dog does this to Verne in one arc, eventually puking him out.

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* SwallowedWhole: A dog does this to Verne in [[https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2001/05/24 one arc, arc]], eventually puking him out.out. Later, [[https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2008/05/09 the exact same thing]] happens with RJ getting swallowed by a different dog.
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* TyrannicalHomeownersAssociation: The neighborhood HOA has been known to pull out TorchesAndPitchforks when someone breaks their rules.
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* GassyGastronomy: In one comic, Verne says his resting pulse is a 9. RJ googles this and finds that this means that he's either a human with deadly bradycardia or a turtle who ate a lot of chili, beans, and kale. Verne says that he's glad this is normal, and RJ puts on a gas mask.
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* TheBusCameBack:
** One 2024 arc features the return of Clara, now a grown-up with a daughter of her own.
** Followed by an arc where Velma and Luby return.
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** Verne's nephew, Plushie (or [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Plushy]]; Fry and Lewis could never make up their minds).

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** Verne's nephew, Plushie (or [[SpellMyNameWithAnS [[InconsistantSpelling Plushy]]; Fry and Lewis could never make up their minds).
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Hammy or Sammy Squirrel, a continuity error that ended up being three seperate but largely identical characters (the original was Hammy, then he started being called Sammy, then this was [[https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2005/05/14 explained]] by Hammy being killed and replaced by Sammy, and then Sammy was [[https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2005/12/17 replaced]] by his mirror duplicate, ''also'' called Hammy, just in time for Hammy to appear in the movie.)

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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Hammy or Sammy Squirrel, a continuity error that ended up being three seperate but largely identical characters (the original was Hammy, then he started being called Sammy, then this was [[https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2005/05/14 explained]] by Hammy being killed and replaced by Sammy, Sammy[[note]]This did happen, but he [[https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/1999/11/01 got better]] -- and was already called Sammy[[/note]], and then Sammy was [[https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2005/12/17 replaced]] by his mirror duplicate, ''also'' called Hammy, just in time for Hammy to appear in the movie.)

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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: A story arc in which Sammy Squirrel's mirror world counterpart Hammy ended up in the same world as them ended with Hammy sticking around and Sammy getting sent away. This seems to have been completely forgotten about as strips referencing [[NoodleIncident the past]] imply that RJ and Verne's squirrel friend has been Hammy the whole time.
** Before Sammy showed up, the character ''was'' Hammy, but he became roadkill early in the strip's run. One might assume the mirror-world Hammy was the actual Hammy from an alternate universe where Hammy never died and, thus, Sammy had never shown up.

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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: A story arc in which Hammy or Sammy Squirrel's mirror world counterpart Hammy Squirrel, a continuity error that ended up being three seperate but largely identical characters (the original was Hammy, then he started being called Sammy, then this was [[https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2005/05/14 explained]] by Hammy being killed and replaced by Sammy, and then Sammy was [[https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2005/12/17 replaced]] by his mirror duplicate, ''also'' called Hammy, just in time for Hammy to appear in the same world as them ended with Hammy sticking around and Sammy getting sent away. This seems to have been completely forgotten about as strips referencing [[NoodleIncident the past]] imply that RJ and Verne's squirrel friend has been Hammy the whole time.
** Before Sammy showed up, the character ''was'' Hammy, but he became roadkill early in the strip's run. One might assume the mirror-world Hammy was the actual Hammy from an alternate universe where Hammy never died and, thus, Sammy had never shown up.
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''Over the Hedge'' is a newspaper comic created, written, and drawn by Michael Fry and T. Lewis. It follows the adventure of three woodland animals: a turtle named Verne, a raccoon, RJ, and Hammy, a squirrel. The animals have to deal with their home being turned into suburbs. The strip focuses on their problems of dealing with the increasing amounts of humans as well as the enticing technologies they bring with them.

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''Over the Hedge'' is a newspaper comic created, written, and drawn by Michael Fry and T. Lewis. It follows the adventure of three [[WoodlandCreatures woodland animals: animals]]: a turtle named Verne, a raccoon, RJ, and Hammy, a squirrel. The animals have to deal with their home being turned into suburbs. The strip focuses on their problems of dealing with the increasing amounts of humans as well as the enticing technologies they bring with them.
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* BathroomControl: RJ, Verne, and Hammy think that a missile is going to blow up the forest, so they decide to spend their last half hour hugging each other. Hammy then [[MoodWhiplash kills the mood]] by [[CallingYourBathroomBreaks announcing that he has to pee]]. The other two yell at him to hold it.
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* AnimationLeadTime:
** Fry and Lewis were so sure Hillary Clinton was going [[https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2016/11/08 to]] [[https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2016/11/09 win]] the 2016 US Presidential election.
** The May 31, 2018 [[https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2018/05/31 strip]] depicts the cast watching the ''Series/{{Roseanne}}'' reboot. Two days earlier, Creator/{{ABC}} had canceled the series over Roseanne Barr's racist tweets.

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** Additionally, Fred the Wood Tick was shaping up to be a part of the main cast in early strips.



* PutOnABus: Pretty much the majority of the characters from the early strips, such as Plushie, Luby, Velma, and Fred the Wood Tick.
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* PutOnABus: Pretty much the majority of the characters from the early strips, such as Plushie, Luby, Velma, and Fred the Wood Tick.
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* CaffeineBulletTime: Like his movie counterpart, Hammy's had this a few times in the strip, to the point of traveling around the world within a few seconds in one strip.
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%%* TurtlePower: Verne.

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%%* FatIdiot: Most of the suburbanites in the comic.

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%%* * FatIdiot: Most of the suburbanites in the comic.comic are obese and easily outsmarted by the animals.



* HighOnCatnip: In one arc Verne gets addicted to catnip mice, RJ tries to cure him by shoving his head in a frozen turkey.



* RemovableShell: Verne's shell often comes off as part of a gag. He's sometimes shown wearing a thong underneath.



%%* WiseTree: The Tree That Knows Stuff.

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%%* * WiseTree: The Tree That Knows Stuff.Stuff is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, the animals often come to him for advice.
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* SwallowedWhole: A dog does this to Verne in one arc, eventually puking him out.

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* AnimalStereotypes: Squirrel, raccoon, turtles, and others are played straight.
* AnimalTalk

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* %%* AnimalStereotypes: Squirrel, raccoon, turtles, and others are played straight.
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--> '''Nature Police:''' You're under arrest
--> '''RJ:''' What for?
--> '''Nature Police:''' Tampering with a loser, humiliation without a license...and jaywalking.
--> '''RJ:''' Jaywalking!? I was Edgar Allen Poe for Halloween...He was my pet raven!

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--> '''Nature -->'''Nature Police:''' You're under arrest
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'''RJ:''' What for?
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'''Nature Police:''' Tampering with a loser, humiliation without a license...license... and jaywalking.
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jaywalking.\\
'''RJ:''' Jaywalking!? I was Edgar Allen Poe for Halloween...He Halloween... he was my pet raven!



* BiggerOnTheInside: In one strip RJ says that he knows Verne has "one of those cartoon shells that's bigger on the inside". It apparently has a solarium and an ice rink (complete with Zamboni).
-->'''RJ''': Verne, you've been holding out on us. Your air-conditioned shell is a mansion!
-->'''Verne''': Actually...more of an Abbey.

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* BiggerOnTheInside: In one strip RJ says that he knows Verne has "one of those cartoon shells that's bigger on the inside". It apparently has a solarium and an ice rink (complete rink, complete with Zamboni).
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-->'''RJ''': Verne, you've been holding out on us. Your air-conditioned shell is a mansion!
-->'''Verne''': Actually...
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'''Verne''': Actually...
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* ButtMonkey: Verne
** Given the sheer extent of his mistreatment, he might have graduated (been downgraded?) to TheChewToy.

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* ButtMonkey: Verne
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Verne. Given the sheer extent of his mistreatment, he might have graduated (been downgraded?) to TheChewToy.



** In some early strips, RJ had a crush on a dog named Dotty.
** Velma and Luby, a female turtle and raccoon who were {{Distaff Counterpart}}s to Verne and RJ.
** Some early strips had a beaver named Howard and a paranoid mole named Carl.
* CloudCuckooLander: Hammy, even more than his film counterpart.
* ConMan: RJ.
* DivergentCharacterEvolution: Over time, RJ and Verne grew to be less similar.

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** In some early strips, RJ had has a crush on a dog named Dotty.
** Velma and Luby, a female turtle and raccoon who were are {{Distaff Counterpart}}s to Verne and RJ.
** Some early strips had have a beaver named Howard and a paranoid mole named Carl.
* %%* CloudCuckooLander: Hammy, even more than his film counterpart.
* %%* ConMan: RJ.
* DivergentCharacterEvolution: Over time, RJ and Verne grew grow to be less similar.



* FatIdiot: Most of the suburbanites in the comic.
* {{Flanderization}}: The humans in general. In early years, we usually saw or heard from ordinary people. The animals even befriended a little one. Now we're left with grotesque caricatures of couch potatoes who are completely identical to each other.
** Verne may also qualify, as he used to be just as much into decadence as RJ is.

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* %%* FatIdiot: Most of the suburbanites in the comic.
* {{Flanderization}}: {{Flanderization}}:
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The humans in general. In early years, we usually saw see or heard hear from ordinary people. The animals even befriended befriend a little one. Now we're left with grotesque caricatures of couch potatoes who are completely identical to each other.
** Verne may also qualify, as he used to be just as much into decadence as RJ is.



* FriendshipMoment: They're few and rather far between, but they're there.
* FunnyAnimal: Pretty much the entire cast.

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* %%* FriendshipMoment: They're few and rather far between, but they're there.
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FunnyAnimal: Pretty much the entire cast.



* GenkiGirl: Hammy's a boy, but definitely a Genki Squirrel.

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* %%* GenkiGirl: Hammy's a boy, but definitely a Genki Squirrel.%%How?
* GiftShake: Verne, anxious to know what RJ got him, shakes his present and concludes it's not alive. RJ passes by and adds "Anymore..."



* JerkAss: RJ, especially to Verne.
* {{Keet}}: Hammy.

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* %%* JerkAss: RJ, especially to Verne.
* %%* {{Keet}}: Hammy.



* OnlySaneMan: Verne, all the way.
* ThePhilosopher: Verne.

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* %%* OnlySaneMan: Verne, all the way.
* %%* ThePhilosopher: Verne.



* RascallyRaccoon: RJ.
* RuleOfFunny: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] [[http://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2013/06/06 here]].
* SarcasmBlind: Hammy, [[http://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2013/10/11#.UlgSJVCGy88 evidently]].
* ShoutOut: The January 29, 2012, [[http://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2012/01/29 strip]] has [[Series/DoctorWho the TARDIS]] visiting Verne. Seriously.
** Also, the unicorn in [[http://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2012/02/06 this strip]] looks an awful lot like the original [[http://www.ponylandpress.com/prettypony/fullsize/prettyponypink.jpg "My Pretty Pony"]], the predecessor to ''Toys/MyLittlePony''.
** [[WesternAnimation/RegularShow Rigby]] appeared on a TV in [[http://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2012/10/14 one strip]].

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* %%* RascallyRaccoon: RJ.
* RuleOfFunny: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d [[http://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2013/06/06 here]].
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here]], where Verne finds himself suddenly wearing high heels for a gag and complains that this goes against his contract's no-drag clause; RJ responds that the "anything for a gag" clause overrides everything else.
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SarcasmBlind: Hammy, [[http://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2013/10/11#.UlgSJVCGy88 evidently]].
* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
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The January 29, 2012, [[http://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2012/01/29 strip]] has [[Series/DoctorWho the TARDIS]] visiting Verne. Seriously.
Verne.
** Also, the The unicorn in [[http://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2012/02/06 this strip]] looks an awful lot like the original [[http://www.ponylandpress.com/prettypony/fullsize/prettyponypink.jpg "My Pretty Pony"]], the predecessor to ''Toys/MyLittlePony''.
** [[WesternAnimation/RegularShow Rigby]] appeared appears on a TV in [[http://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2012/10/14 one strip]].



* SweetTooth: RJ.
* TalkingAnimal
* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Luby and Velma both had long eyelashes and a bow.
* TitleDrop:
-->'''RJ''': What brings you to our neck of the woods?
-->'''Hog''': New worlds, civilizations… I'm ex-spandin' the wild… lookin' fer new frontiers… to [[StealthPun boldly go]] where no hog has gone before!
-->'''RJ''': It's over the hedge, across the patio, through the door… take a left.
-->'''Verne''': I'll get the guest towels.
-->'''Hammy''': The bidet tickles!
* TheTrickster: RJ.
* TurtlePower: Verne.
* WiseTree: The Tree That Knows Stuff.

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* %%* SweetTooth: RJ.
* %%* TalkingAnimal
* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Luby and Velma both had have long eyelashes and a bow.
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What brings you to our neck of the woods?
-->'''Hog''': %%-->'''Hog''': New worlds, civilizations… civilizations... I'm ex-spandin' the wild… wild... lookin' fer new frontiers… frontiers... to [[StealthPun boldly go]] go where no hog has gone before!
-->'''RJ''': %%-->'''RJ''': It's over the hedge, across the patio, through the door… door... take a left.
-->'''Verne''': %%->'''Verne''': I'll get the guest towels.
-->'''Hammy''': %%-->'''Hammy''': The bidet tickles!
* %%* TheTrickster: RJ.
* %%* TurtlePower: Verne.
* %%* WiseTree: The Tree That Knows Stuff.
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** In one Christmas story arc, RJ tells the story of a squirrel who [[Theatre/TheNutcracker gets turned into a nutcracker]]. For extra points, the nutcracker squirrel is found by a girl named Clara.
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** Also, the unicorn in [[http://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2012/02/06 this strip]] looks an awful lot like the original [[http://www.ponylandpress.com/prettypony/fullsize/prettyponypink.jpg "My Pretty Pony"]], the predecessor to ''MyLittlePony''.

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** Also, the unicorn in [[http://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2012/02/06 this strip]] looks an awful lot like the original [[http://www.ponylandpress.com/prettypony/fullsize/prettyponypink.jpg "My Pretty Pony"]], the predecessor to ''MyLittlePony''.''Toys/MyLittlePony''.

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%%Tropes and content exclusive to the movie go on WesternAnimation/OverTheHedge. Thanks.



-->Tropes and content exclusive to the movie go '''[[WesternAnimation/OverTheHedge here]]'''. Thanks

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-->Tropes and content exclusive to TheMovie the movie go '''[[WesternAnimation/OverTheHedge here]]'''. Thanks



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